Manga like Ageku no Hate no Kanon

Aono-kun ni Sawaritai kara Shinitai

Also known as I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could Die.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Romance , Supernatural

“I would die if it would allow me to touch you. That is my love.”

Airhead Yuri-chan and her boyfriend Aono-kun had a perfectly normal relationship until one day Aono-kun suddenly “passed away” … They will never be bound together, and they cannot even touch. This is their difficult and almost too sincere love story.



Note: Nominated to the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Ghost , Psychosexual , Reincarnation , Afterlife , Seinen , Body Horror , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Suicide , Heterosexual , Family Life , Love Triangle , School , Amnesia

Ani datta Mono

Also known as He Was My Brother.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Horror , Romance , Supernatural

My brother died. This is a story of my brother’s lover, me, and the “thing that was my brother.”

The sudden death of her older brother Kiichiro brings high schooler Kanoko all the way from Tokyo to Hiroshima to visit his grave alongside his past lover, Hijiri. Promising her brother she would protect Hijiri after Kiichiro's passing, Kanoko finds herself falling in love with Hijiri despite herself. She pledges to keep visiting Hijiri in his and Kiichiro's old home in Hiroshima until Hijiri falls for her too. However, her brother's memory still lingers everpresent, like a Romeo not yet ready to give up his Juliet...



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Ghost , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Love Triangle , Bisexual , Boys' Love , Age Gap

Inu to Kuzu

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

Haruma Sakuraba's childhood friend Shuuji Inukai was a cut above him in every way imaginable, living out the glamorous life bestowed upon him. Haruma, an unassuming salary man, has lived his every day clutching onto his inferiority complex, existing only in Shuuji's shadow. One day, Haruma coincidentally met Shuuji's wife, Reika Sumi, who Haruma had always secretly admired since his high school days. With feelings of envy, jealousy, and more, a "secret" is born from Haruma's repetitive days.

Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Amnesia , Seinen , Urban , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Nudity , Suicide , Netorare

Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu

Also known as The Summer Hikaru Died.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Two boys lived in a village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. The two did everything together...until the day Hikaru was encompassed by a mysterious light. That was when everything changed—Hikaru most of all. Yoshiki still wishes from the bottom of his heart to always stay by his side...but is there even a Hikaru left to be with?

Tags: Monster Boy , Male Protagonist , Rural , Cosmic Horror , Body Horror , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Boys' Love , Mythology , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Unrequited Love , Gods , Curses , Urban Fantasy , Seinen , Aromantic , Asexual , Mountaineering

Mina Soko Nite

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Psychological

It is said that at the bottom of the lake in this town lies a "mermaid" that eats people.

Today, the mermaid still wanders the town in search of companions, stirring up the restless hearts of the people.

A modern fable about foolish girls who cannot live in clean water.

Tags: Mermaid , Yuri , Rural , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Seinen , School

20 Seiki Shounen

Also known as 20th Century Boys.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren't for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the coming disaster slowly starts to unfold, that symbol returns. This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world.

For Kenji, a simple convenience store manager who once dreamed of becoming a rock 'n' roll musician, a host of memories from his past come rushing back when one of his childhood friends mysteriously commits suicide. Could this new death be related to the rise of a bizarre new cult that's been implicated in several other murders and disappearances? Determined to dig deeper, Kenji reunites with some of his old buddies in the hope of learning the truth behind it all.



Tags: Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Politics , Seinen , Achronological Order , Dystopian , Fugitive , Conspiracy , Cult , Found Family , Pandemic , Time Skip , Post-Apocalyptic , Terrorism , Male Protagonist , Detective , Philosophy , Cosmic Horror , Female Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Tragedy , Musical Theater , Historical , Augmented Reality , Police , Robots , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Transgender , Foreign , Time Manipulation , Homeless , Nudity , Twins , Urban , Rock Music , Drugs , Crossdressing

Uruwashiki Shuuen

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Romance

Two highschool boys struggle to survive in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.

Tags: Boys' Love , Zombie , Male Protagonist , Yandere , Tragedy , Pandemic , School , Gore , Bisexual , Unrequited Love

Watashi no Otto wa Reitouko ni Nemutteiru

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

One fateful day, after enduring months of abuse from her husband Ryou, Nana strangles him to death. She revels in her newfound freedom knowing she won't have to face his abuse again. But her dreams of a peaceful life are destroyed when her husband, the one she killed and stuck in the freezer, comes back from the dead.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Shounen , Twins , Cannibalism , Tragedy , Family Life , Crime , Pregnancy , Primarily Adult Cast

Satou-kun ga Shinde kara

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

That boy is… a walking corpse! Sato-kun, who met an early demise in a traffic accident, came back to school as a zombie. That popular guy who'd light up the room, is now silent and expressionless and barely manages to trace the habits of his old life. Hozumi, a girl in his class, is worried for him. Experience this mysterious and youthful romance between a reticent zombie and a shy girl!

Tags: Tragedy , Zombie , Josei , School , Orphan , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual

Futsuu to Bakemono

Also known as Common-Sense Monster.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Supernatural

Itou, a socially awkward teenager, finds herself jealous of her classmate Takahashi, who seems to get along with everyone. However, one day, she witnesses Takahashi...eat someone whole!? That's amazing! A monster who knows how to blend right in with humans? Itou definitely needs to be her friend now!

Tags: Body Horror , Monster Girl , Female Protagonist , Yuri , School , Crime , Shapeshifting , Gore , Language Barrier